About David
David serves as the leader of the firm’s Corporate and Tax Practice Group. He counsels clients in all phases of business and corporate law and regularly handles substantial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and other equity financings, and securitization transactions. David has extensive experience in transactions involving manufacturing and distribution concerns, as well as the health care industry, and in representing buyers and sellers of businesses in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
David received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University where he served as Executive Administrative Editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. David served as Law Clerk to The Honorable U.S. District Judge Robert B. Propst, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 1982-1983. He was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1982 and the Tennessee Bar in 1994. David is a native of Massillon, Ohio.
David is listed in the prestigious The Best Lawyers in America publication in the area of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law.
David is a member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar, and the Birmingham Bar Association. He completed a three year term of service on the Executive Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association in 2010. David is a member of the 2012 class of Leadership Birmingham. David serves as the President of the Birmingham Sunrise Rotary Club, where he has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2007. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Greater Alabama Council (Boy Scouts of America); the Chairman of the Vulcan District of the Greater Alabama Coucil; and is serving his second three year term (2010-2013) on the Alumni Council of Dartmouth College.
What community projects are you involved in? I recently concluded seven years of service as the Scoutmaster of a Boy Scout Troop in Birmingham that was founded in 1942. In 2010, I organized a Venture Scout Crew, which is a co-ed Scouting unit for youth ages 14-20. I serve as the Advisor, or primarily adult leader, for that Venture Crew. I also serve as Chairman of the Vulcan District of the Greater Alabama Council. I am also a member of the Dartmouth Club of Alabama, the Birmingham Venture Club and the Sunrise Rotary Club.
What advice would you give to a young student in law school? Take a wide variety of courses; don’t assume that your career will involve the legal specialty that seems attractive to you when you are in law school.